Wa All Stars and Ashgold advance to semi-finals of Otumfuo Cup

Kumasi, Aug. 26, GNA - Wa All Stars and Obuasi Ashgold Sporting Club on Wednesday qualified for the semi-finals of the on-going Otumfuo Challenge Cup tournament when they won their respective matches at the Baba Yara Sports Stadium in Kumasi.

In the first match, All Stars beat Kumasi King Faisal FC 1-0 and are on stand-by to meet Kumasi Asante Kotoko in the semi-final while Ash-gold also defeated Bechem Chelsea 5-3 on penalties after a goalless drawn game, a result that sets the Obuasi-based Club against Accra Hearts of Oak in another crunching semi-final encounter on Friday. Kotoko and Hearts drew a bye in the balloting for the six-day tournament which is being organised under the auspices of the Otumfuo Charity Foundation.

All Stars began the game on a serious note as they attacked in droves with Frank Sowah and Joshua Otoo constantly lurking around the 18-yard box of Faisal in search of the opener. In one of their surging runs upfront, Otoo latched unto a loose ball in the midfield, ran deep down the right flank and lobbed a surprising ball over Faisal's keeper Iddrisu Ibrahim who had come out of his goal line to score the only goal of the match.

In the other match of the day, Bechem Chelsea who played better and should have carried the day, however lacked precision in attack to deny them the necessary goals.

Joshua Akoto, Frank Boateng and Isaac Acheampong, who spearheaded Chelsea's attack upfront, however, squandered the numerous begging chances that came their way throughout the match to end the game barren until Ashgold punished them in the penalty kicks as they converted all five of their kicks while Chelsea could only manage only three. 26 Aug. 10